Shoe-beating machine.



O. ASHTON.

SHOE BEATING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION rum) DEG.12, 1907.

1,030,837. Patented June 25, 1912.

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SHOE BEATING MACHINE. APPLICATION IILED DEO.12, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ORRELL ASHTON, OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SHOE-IBEATING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORRELL ASHTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lawrence, in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Shoe-Beating Machines, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to machines for use in conforming shoe stock to lasts and particularly to machines for shaping the shoe stock on the bottom of a last, or it may be on both the bottom and the side of a last, or adjacent to the edge of the shoe.

A very important feature of this invention consists in a beater comprising a rotary carrier and a plurality of beating members which are loosely mounted onthe carrier so that they may be impelled outwardly by centrifugal force and which are confined to the carrier against dislodgment by such force. The beating members are arranged to yield inwardly in approximately radial lines and also to swing relatively to their points of connection with the carrier. The parts will preferably be so arranged relatively that the beating members will be supported eccentrically with relation to the carrier and that their" swinging movement will take place backwardly and forwardly in approximately the plane of their rotary movement. Beating members thus mounted are adapted to strike the work with yielding blows, moving inwardly and swinging as they engage the work and glide over it. The upper may thus be beaten, pressed and rubbed to lay it and conform it to the contour of the last.

In the broadest aspect of the invention the beating members may be of any desired shape or construction, but preferably and in accordance with an important feature of the invention the beating members will consist of rolls or rings mounted on pivot rods or supports which are of smaller diameter than the openings in the rings or the interior diameters of the rings whereby the rings which are held outwardly by centrifugal force during the operation of the beater are adapted to swing, roll or turn upon their pivots and also to yield inwardly under pressure of the work which is being treated.

In accordance with a further feature of the invention, the beater comprises a plurality of beating elements arranged in rows, or otherwise, longitudinally across the carrier, and adapted to yield or swing, or both to yield and to swing, independently of one another, whereby they can conform to the contour of the surface of the work presented against them. By this feature of the invention the same beater may be em ployed for shaping differently formed portions of the same shoe or shoes presented in different relations to the beater. The rings may if desired have their working faces formed to conform approximately to the shape of the contour of the surface to be beaten as in a modification herein shown.

A further feature of this invention consists in the combination with the described beater arranged to treat one face of a shoe, as the shoe bottom, of means for simultaneously treating another face of the shoe, as the upper on the side of the last. The two means are preferably arranged to act upon the two faces of the shoe in close proximity so that the shoe may be shaped at and adja cent to its edge. The shaping means cooperating with the beater may be a fixed shaping or smoothing tool against which the shoe is pressed and moved by the workman while holding the shoe against the action of the beater or a mechanically driven tool and in the latter case it may be actuated toward and from the work in a direction at an angle to the plane of its working face or it may be actuated to and fro in the plane of its stock-engaging face and caused to shape the upper by rubbing it.

In the contemplated use of the machine the forepart of the shoe will be presented with the bottom face against the beater and the side face against the cooperating means. The shoe will be held firmly against the pounding action of the beating members and at the same time pressed edgewise against the smoothing member so that the side and bottom of the shoe are shaped at and adjacent to the edge. A rest is provided for sustaining the shoe when the heel seat is being beaten and this rest may also be employed for supporting the shoe while the side face of'the forepart or the heel part is being presented to the beating members if that is desired. In accordance with a feature of this invention a plurality of rests are employed, one which has a work supg porting face to present the work for'engagement by the beater as it moves in a direction toward said rest "and another of said rests has a face to present the work for engage-- mentby the beater as it moves away from thesecond rest. As one modification ofthe described embodiment of the invention in which the beating members are formed by loose rings a construction is herein shown in which the beating members areformed by blocks which-are loosely confined against displacement by centrifugalf forceand are capable of yielding. inwardly and also of tipping backward when T they strike the work and as they glide over'theworkiduring. the rotation of the carrier.:

It'may benoted that it "is characteristic of 'thespecific embodiments herein "described of this invention-that thebeating members are I explained in the accompanying. description and will then bepointed out in the claims.

Figure l isa side elevation of a machine embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse verticalsection'of Fig. 1. Fig. 3

is a section on line 3'3 of Fig. 2. Figs. 4, 5

and 6 are detail views showing-relative positions of the parts while different portions of the shoe'are being treated. Fig. 7 is amodification,specific-claims on which are to .beincluded in a divisional application.

Fig.: 8 "is a detail of "one of the beating blocks. Fig. 9 shows 'a modification in which taper rings are employed. Fig. 10 shows a modification in which the edge rest is reciprocated'endwise to block the shoe.

Figell shows a further modification. v The machine shown'as embodying the invention comprises a frame 2 carrying a pulley shaft l and a tool shaft 5 connected by a belt 6. The tool shaft supports a carrier which comprises the hub 8 and the flanges or end plates 10, 10. The flanges are connected by rods 12 which support an annular-series of beating members'shown in the main-figures asrings 14 having openings larger than the rods. VVhenthe rotary carrieris in mot-ionqthe rings which are supported eccentrically on the carrier are forced the rods permit them to go, as indicated in Figs 2 and 5, but can yield inwardly and also swing,"roll or turn about the rods when they contactwith the work presented against their peripheries. By this arrangement' the beating members strike a yielding blow and outwardly by-centrifugal action as far as" pass over the work with a rubbing or wiping action forcing it in the direction of their rotation as well as downwardly against the face of the last. Preferably a plurality of annular series of beating rings are mounted on the carrier and the rings of the several series are shown as arranged in rows eX- coiiperates with said members" in shaping the'shoe at and adjacent to the'edge of the last. This plate 22 for resting the shoe, and whi'clrshapes the upperside by reason of the pressure ofthe shoe against it, may be stationary or it may be actuated to beat or to rub the upper. In Figs. 2 and 7 the plate is shown as pivoted upon the shield 20 at.2t and as havinga forked rearwardly extending arm which embraces a block on an eccentric stud '25 carried by a shaf-t23 .drivenby a belt 27 fromthe pulley shaft 4. By this arrangement the-plate 22 is rocked toward and from the shoe for lightly beating. the upper. The short length of these beating movements and the rapidity with which they are'repeated are such that no objectionable vibrating of the shoe results from them. In the modification shown in Fig. 10"the plate22'is also reciprocated endwise by a connection .26 withi a cam groove in the camblock28, and it rubs the side of the shoe adjacentto the edge of the shoe bottom by a movementlengthwise of the edge, while at the same. time beating the shoe by reason of its rocking movement. Actuation of the plate in either or both of the described ways renders it more'effective in smoothing and shaping the upper and particularly in eliminating the wrinkles which are frequently present in the upper, especially at the-toe of the shoe. A'stand 30 erected on the frame adj ustably supports a rest 34 which may beemployed "for sustaining the shoe as shown for example in Figs12 and 6 or in F ig. 4. The rings shown in the main figures of the drawings are cylindrical and are adapted to position themselves as shown in Fig. 3 approximately'in accordance with the shape of the surface of the work, but in Fig.- 9 the end members 13 frusto-conical whereby they conform :more nearly to the transverse contour of the bottom of the shoe. Y InFigsHZ and} a modified form ofbeating members 40 is shown which have work of the row of rings are shown as tapering or engaging faces on the outer ends of their heads. These members somewhat resemble dub-bells in shape, having necks 44 and a flange 45 at their inner ends. The members 40 are confined on the carrier by the rods 12 arranged on opposite sides of the necks as shown in the drawings so that the beating members cannot be dislodged by centrifugal force during the rapid rotation of the carrier. These members can yield inwardly against the action of centrifugal force and are also adapted to tip or rock backwardly as they strike the work and rub over it. Specific claims to these beating members and to a machine in which they are used are not herein made but are included in a divisional application about to be filed.

In the use of the machine a shoe which may be held in the hands of the workman is presented with the surface to be beaten in position to be engaged by the beating members as they are held outward on the carrier by centrifugal force during the rotation of the carrier. When the beat-ingmembers engage the work they yield inwardly against the action of centrifugal force and also turn, roll or swing backwardly so that they rub the work in the direction of their movement as they glide over its surface. The beating members yield and swing back ward independently so that they can conform individually to the contour of the portion of the work surface over which each is passing. The shoe will be presented at the appropriate angles to obtain the desired action of the beater on the work and will be turned to subject the different portions of the shoe to the operation of the beater. While beating the bottom of the forepart of the shoe it is contemplated that the side of the shoe will be rested and pressed against the plate 22 which will smooth the upper adjacent to the edge of the shoe bottom, and if the plate is actuated as shown in Fig. 2 or Fig. 10 the movement of the plate will beat Or rub the upper to smooth and shape it. For beating the sides and the bottom of the heel portion of the shoe and also the sides of the forepartthe shoe may be rested on the part 3% as shown in Figs. 2, 4 and (3. Different portions of the shoe to be treated will be pressed against the beater with more or less force or for a longer or shorter time according to the extent of beating required.

As shown in Fig. 1 the machine comprises, in addition to the beating means above described, an. emery wheel 50 by which superfluous stock on the shoe bottom, as at the toe, may be ground off to provide a better seat for the sole; also a trimmer at 52 driven by the shaft 23 and which may be used for the same purpose; a frictionally heated roll 54 adapted for ironing portions of the upper on the sides of the shoe. These mechanisms are not claimed herein as they are not a part of the present invention. I have also shown, located in convenient proximity to the rotary beater, an opensided cup 55 adapted to contain a sponge or the like saturated with oil or some other suitable tempering liquid and into which the operator may thrust the toe portion of the shoe bottom before presenting it to the beater, and claims therefor are being presented in a divisional application Serial No. 099,231, filed May 23, 1912.

No claims are herein made to the shaping.

action produced on the side of the heel of the shoe by the cooperation of the rest 3 1 with the beating roll, as for example in the use of said rest shown in Figs. 2, 6 and 7, but claims thereto are being presented in the above-mentioned divisional application which is about to be filed.

This invention has been shown and described herein for illustrative purposes as embodied in a shoe beating machine, and in such a machine its utility has been demonstrated by extensive commercial use. I believe, however, that I am the first to devise in a shoe machine a rotary carrier and a plurality of work-engaging rings arranged about the periphery of the carrier and mounted to permit them to move radially with relation to the axis of the carrier, and I desire to secure protection for this combination for whatever purpose it is employed.

Having indicatedthe nature of the invention and described a machine embodying the same, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States:

1. In a machine of the class described, a rotary carrier, supporting means arranged to afford an unobstructed access to the workengaging portion of its periphery for the presentation of the shoe thereto, and a plurality of work-engaging rings arranged about the periphery of the carrier and mounted to permit them to move radially wit-h relation to the axis of the carrier.

2. In a machine of the class described, a rotary shoe beater comprising a carrier and a plurality of pivoted beating members ar ranged about the periphery of the carrier and mounted to permit them to swing about their own pivots and to yield radially with relation to their pivots.

3. In a machine of the class described, a rotary shoe beater comprising a carrier arranged to facilitate the presentation of the bottom of a shoe thereto, and beating members arranged about the periphery of the carrier, each member consisting of a plurality of relatively movable inflexible beating elements.

i 4. I11 a machine of the class described, a rotary shoe beater comprising a carrier and beating members arranged about the periphcry of the carrier, each member consisting of a plurality of rings mounted for swing-.

ingsmovement. about their connection. with the carrier.

5. In a machine of the class described, a rotary shoe beater comprising a carrier and a plurality ofbeating members arranged about the periphery of the carrier, each member consisting of a plurality of rings loosely mounted on the carrier to permit them to turn and also to yield independently'toward the axis of the carrier.

6. In a machine of the class described, a rotary beater comprising a carrier and a plurality of beating members arranged about the periphery of the carrier, each member consisting of a plurality of differently shaped rings adapted to the contour of the shoe bottom and loosely mounted on the carrier to permit themto turn and also to yield independently toward the axis of the carrier.

7. In a machine of the class described, a rotary shoe beater comprising a carrier and a plurality of beating members disposed about the periphery of the carrier, each of said members being constructed and arranged to yield to different extents at different portions of its length'toenable it to conform'to the transverse contour of the surface being beaten.

' 8. Ina machine of the class described, a rotary shoe beater comprising a carrier and a plurality of annular series of independently rotatable beating elements disposed about the periphery of the carrier and yieldingly mounted therein.

9. In a machine of the class described, a rotary shoe beater comprising a carrier and a plurality of beating members disposed about theperiphery of the carrier, each of said members being arranged to'yield inwardly from the periphery of the beater and held outwardly in normal operative position entirely by centrifugal force when the beater is in motion.

10. In a shoe finishing machine, a rotary carrier, a series of rods extending endwise of the carrier and ring-shaped shoe-finishing devices loosely mounted on the rods for movement radially' thereof whereby they are normally held outwardly-by centrifugal force while the'carrier is in motion.

11. In a machine of the class described, a rotary beatercomprisinga carrier, a series of rods extending endwise of the carrier and rings loosely mounted on-the rodsfor move ment radially thereof whereby they are normally held outwardly by centrifugal force while the carrier is in motion, said rings increasing in diameter from the middle of the rods toward their ends.

12. Ina machineof the class described, a rotary shoe beater comprising'a carrier,v a series of rods extending endwise of the car rier and a series of rings loosely mounted end to end on each of sald rods and independently movable edgewise underpressure of the work against them.

13. A machine of the class described, com prising a rotary carrier, shoe beatingdevices. pivotally supported on the carrier formovement radially with relation to their pivots and arranged to be held outwardly by "centrifugal force during therotation of the carrier, said beaters having curved. acting faces arranged to glide along the surface of the work.

14:. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a rotary shaft, a pair of disks carried by the shaft, and pivot rods supported by said disks, of shoe bottom beating members mounted on said rods between the disks, said beaters comprising rings encircling the rods and having openings larger than the rods whereby they are held outwardly by centrifugal force during the rotation of the shaft and may yield inwardly against that force under pressure of the work against them.

15. In a machine of the class described, a rotary carrier and a plurality of shoe beating members loosely connected to the carrier and arranged to yield inwardly in approximately radial lines and to swing in substantially the plane of their rotary movement about their points of connection with the carrier.

16. In a machine of the class described, a shoe beater comprising a carrier and a plurality of annular series of beating elements supported eccentrically on the carrier and adapted to extend radially by centrifugal force during the rotation of the beater and to yield independently to conform to the configuration of the work being acted upon.

17. In a machine of the class described, a beater comprising a carrier and a plurality of annular series of beating elements supported eccentrically on the carrier and adapted to extend radially by centrifugal force during the rotation of the beater and to yield independently to conform to the configuration of the work being acted upon, the elements of difierent series presenting differently shaped working faces to adapt them to the contour of different portions of the surface of the work to be beaten.

18. In a machine of the class described, a shoe beater comprising a rotary carrier having on its periphery a plurality of annular series of rings secured against dislodgment from the carrier by centrifugal force and arranged to yield independently and to turn while in engagement with the work.

19. In a machine of the class described, a shoe beater comprising a rotary carrier having disposed longitudinally across its acting face a plurality of beating elements which are secured against dislodgment from the wardly during rotation and confined against dislodgmentfrom the carrier by centrifugal force, combined with a rest for sustaining the work in position to be acted upon by the beating members.

22. In a machine of the class described, a beater comprising a rotary carrier having an annular series of relatively movable beating members arranged to project outwardly during rotation and confined against dislodgment from the carrier by centrifugal force, combined with means constructed and ar ranged for smoothing the side of the shoe while the beating members are acting upon the shoe bottom.

23. In a machine of the class described, a beater comprising a rotary carrier having an annular series of relatively movable beating members arranged to project outwardly during rotation and confined against dislodgment from the carrier by centrifugal force, combined with means constructed and arranged for smoothing the side of the shoe while the beating members are acting upon the shoe bottom, and mechanism for actuating the smoothing means.

2a. In a machine of the class described, a beater comprising a rotary carrier having an annular series of relatively movable beating members arranged to project outwardly during rotation :and confined against disloc gment from the carrier by centrifugal force, combined with means constructed and arranged for smoothing the side of the shoe while the beating members are acting upon the shoe bottom, and mechanism for reciproeating the smoothing means.

25. In a machine of the class described, a beater adapted to treat the upper material on the bottom face of a shoe and comprising a rotary carrier having an annular series of relat-ively movable beating members arranged to project outwardly by centrifugal force when the carrier is rotated, combined with means cooperating therewith to shape the edge of the shoe and comprising a member arranged to conform the upper to the contour of the side face of the last adjacent to the edge of the last.

26. In a machine of the class described, a

beater for shaping the bottom of a shoe, and means for actuating it, of means for shaping the side of the shoe adjacent to its edge, and means for reciprocating said last -named means lengthwise of the edge of the shoe.

27. In a machine of the class described, a beater for shaping the bottom of a shoe, and means for actuating it, of means for shaping the side of the shoe adjacent to its edge, means for actuating it toward and from the face of the shoe, and means for reciprocating said last-named means lengthwise of the edge of the shoe.

28. In a machine of the class described, smoothing means, means for actuating it toward and from the Work, and additional means for actuating it in the plane of its acting face and at a different speed.

29. In a machine of the class described, a rotary shoe beater comprising a carrier and an annular series of beating members movable bodily outwardly with relation to the carrierfrom an inoperative position to an operative position by centrifugal force when the beater is rotated.

30. In a machine of the class described, a rotary shoe beater comprising a carrier, an annular series of rods therein and an annular series of beating members on said rods in the form of rings having larger interior diameters than the rods whereby they may be moved bodily outwardly by centrifugal force when the carrier is rotated.

31. In a machine of the class described, a rotary shoe beater comprising a carrier and an annular series of pivoted beating elements capable of inward and outward bodily movement and mounted in the carrier for turning movement on their separate axes.

32. A machine of the class described having a shoe beating roll comprising a carrier provided with an annular series of beating members which extend transversely across the face of the roll and are supported thereon. for movement inwardly in approximately radial lines from the periphery of the carrier and for outward movement by centrifugal force while the roll is turning.

83. In a rotary shoe bottom pounding ma chine the combination with a rotary pounder formed and arranged to beat the bottom of a shoe and comprising a plurality of annular series of beating members, of means for blocking the shoe arranged to act on the side of the shoe adjacent to its edge while the shoe is in position for its bottom to be beaten, and means for actuating the blocking means.

3%. A rotary shoe pounding machine comprising an annular series of beating members having a flexible acting face adapted to conform to the contour of the surface over which they pass and arranged to be held in a ing, in combination, suitable actuatingnormal operative position by centrifugal force, andmea-ns for driving the beating members.

35. A rotaryshoe pound-lng machine compris ng an annular series of beating members havinga flexibleactingface adapted to conform to the contour of the surface over which they passand arranged to be held in a normal operative position by centrifugal -"force,-and means for driving the beating members, combined with a pounder arranged to beat the side face of a shoe while the bottom thereof is being treated by said first-mentioned beating members.

36. A'shoe beating machine having, in combination, a rotary'beater and a plurality of 'rests for supporting the work in position to be operated upon bysaid beater, one of said rests having-a work supporting face to present the work for engagement by the beater as it moves in-a direction toward said rest, and another of said rests having a work supporting face to present the work for engagement as itmoves away from said last named rest.

37. A shoe beating machine having, in combination, arotary beater and a plurality of rests for supporting the work in position [to be operated upon by said beater, one of 30 said rests being constructed and arranged ,with a work guiding face on its rear side considered with relation to the direction of rotation of the beater'and another rest constructed and arranged to present a work guiding face on its front side considered relatively to the movement of the beater whereby the beater moves toward the work guiding face of one rest and away from the work guiding face of the other rest.

38. A machine of the class described havmeans, a rotary carrier operatively conrnected therewith and-shoe beating devices mounted in the carrier and adapted to yield in directions substantially radial relatively "for engagement with one side of the heel portion of ashoe duringtreatment by the said operating-tool of the heel seat at the other-side, said rest beingformed' to permit thepoperator to rock the shoe longitudinally thereof to present successive portions of the shoe bottom to thesaid: tool' for treatment.

40. In :a machine for operating upon boots and shoes, an operating tool anda rest forsustainingone side of the heel portion of a shoe during treatment by=the operating tool of the shoe bottom at the other side,

said rest having a convexly :rounde'd work resting face to facilitate presenting successive portions of the-shoe to tool. v

41. In a machine of the class described, a

the operating 'beatenand a rest for engagement with one side of the heel portion of ashoe while the edge of the shoe 'bottomaat the other side is being beaten, said rest: having a convexly rounded work resting face to compensate for the 11ft of the shoe as theshoe is turned and thus to facilitatepresenting successive portions of the-shoe-to the beater in substantially thesame horizontal plane.

In testimony whereof I -:have signed my name to this specification inthe presence of two" subscribing witnesses.

ORR'EEL ASHTON. Witnesses:

' ABTHURL. :RUssELL, f

-JAMES R. HODDER.

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